Common Wealth Collection (page 2)

Australian Governors
Procession of the Governors at the Melbourne Exhibition in 1883. Date: 1883

House of Commons / 1651
The House of Commons during the Commonwealth. Date: 1651

Military / Dress / 17th Cent
English soldiers of the Commonwealth era - two infantrymen Date: circa 1650

Public Gardens, Boston
Boston, New State House, Public Gardens, Beacon St. & etc. View down Commonwealth Avenue (?), Boston

Cover of B. O. N. April 1943
Cover of B.O.N. (The Bomb-Aimers, Observers and Navigators Union) for April 1943, the official magazine of 48 Air School based in Woodbrook, East London, South Africa

Flight Dinner menu card for 47 Air School
Cover of a menu card for a Flight Dinner held at the Windsor Hotel on Thursday 19th August 1943 for air navigators at 47 Air School, Queenstown, South Africa

Cover of B. O. N. March 1943
Cover of B.O.N. (The Bomb-Aimers, Observers and Navigators Union) for March 1943, the official magazine of 48 Air School based in Woodbrook, East London, South Africa

Australian Commonwealth celebrations
The inauguration of the Australian Commonwealth. When the Constitution of Australia came into force, on 1st January 1901, the colonies collectively became states of the Commonwealth of Australia

Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line to Australia
Poster advertising the Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line to Australia via the Suez Canal, showing a view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. One class only

Traditional preacher vs radical
Woodcut from a 17th century tract, " A Glasse for the Times, by which according to the Scriptures, you may clearly behold the true Ministers of Christ

WW2 - Aircraft manufacture in Australia
The Australian aircraft manufacture industry during World War Two. It took the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation 16 months to produce its first 100 Wirraway machines

Poster advertising Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line
Poster advertising the Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line to Australia via the Suez Canal, showing a view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. One class only

Duke and Duchess of York on Anzac Day
The Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) in Melbourne, Australia, on Anzac Day. This tour, which lasted six months

Jemadar, Mir Dast VC recipient 8 / Stamp
MIR DAST VC IOM (1874 - 1950) Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British

Rememberance Sunday in London, 1957
A general view looking down on the scene in Whitehall during the rememberance service at the Cenotaph. The Queen stands on the far side of the memorial

Corporal Bassett VC recipient 6 / Stamp
CYRIL ROYSTON GUYTON BASSETT (1892 - 1983) New Zealander recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British

British and Indian soldiers - WWI allies (1 / 3)
United we stand. Divided we fall British and Indian troops fighting together during WWI

Australian Sailors visiting Gallipoli Sites - surrounding Turkish 6" gun used for shelling Imbros

Indian (Commonwealth) troops at Gallipoli during the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915 - Headquarters Gully

Indian (Commonwealth) soldier - WWI
Indian (Commonwealth) soldier on the Western Front during World War One, with a very impressive pipe!

British and Indian soldiers - WWI allies (3 / 3)
What do we care British and Indian troops fighting together during WWI - putting all differences aside in the fight for the common cause

Australian bluejakets belonging to the Commonwealth Squadron who captured German New Guinea

James Harrington (Lely)
JAMES HARRINGTON political theorist, author of The Commonwealth of Oceana which may have inspired the Pilgrim Fathers

Maria Josepha
MARIA JOSEPHA daughter of emperor Joseph I, wife of archduke Friedrich August II, archduchess of Aystria, qheen of Polish Lithuanian commonwealth

esperance Bay steamship
Passenger ship of the Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line

John Bigg, the Hermit
The hermit JOHN BIGG had been a lawyers clerk during the Commonwealth, but when the monarchy was restored he became morose and adopted a solitary life

Martha Hatfield
11-year old prophetess of Leighton, Yorkshire, one of many who foretold things, true or false, during the Commonwealth. She is depicted in an ecstatic trance

Sir Henry Vane
SIR HENRY VANE statesman whose support of the Commonwealth cost him his head at the Restoration despite promises of indemnity. with his autograph

Sir Robert Heath
SIR ROBERT HEATH lawyer and judge of royalist views, who fled to Europe during the Commonwealth with his autograph

William Marq. Newscastle
WILLIAM CAVENDISH, marquis of NEWCASTLE royalist soldier and statesman, in exile during the Commonwealth, then returned. with his autograph

Great Seal of C wealth
Great Seal of the Commonwealth showing the house of commons in sitting and a map showing England, Wales & Ireland, the Irish Sea & the British Sea

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